diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/InvestigationsView.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/InvestigationsView.tsx
index 308da35e528..3a5894962ec 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/InvestigationsView.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/InvestigationsView.tsx
@@ -153,7 +153,9 @@ export function InvestigationsView({
     setEditing(null);
     refresh();
   };
-  const editFromTable = (id: string) => {
+  const openFromTable = (id: string) => {
+    const running = lenses.find((l) => l.id === id)?.jobs.some((j) => j.status === "queued" || j.status === "running");
+    if (running) return selectLens(id);
     setPeek(true);
     selectLens(id);
     setEditing("edit");
@@ -260,7 +262,7 @@ export function InvestigationsView({
               lenses={lenses}
               connected={connected}
               readOnly={readOnly}
-              onEdit={editFromTable}
+              onEdit={openFromTable}
               onRunNow={(id) => setRunNowId(id)}
             />
           )}
@@ -310,8 +312,9 @@ export function InvestigationsView({
           busy={busy}
           onClose={() => setRunNowId(null)}
           onRun={async (request) => {
-            await update((api) => api.startRun(runNowId, request));
+            const started = await update((api) => api.startRun(runNowId, request));
             setRunNowId(null);
+            if (started) selectLens(runNowId);
           }}
         />
       )}
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/detail/InvestigationDetail.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/detail/InvestigationDetail.tsx
index 5b44424f423..4a1120dac6e 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/detail/InvestigationDetail.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/lens/investigations/detail/InvestigationDetail.tsx
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 
 import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger, TabsContent } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
 import { RunsTab } from "./RunsTab";
-import { InvestigationProgress } from "../InvestigationProgress";
-import { StepFeed } from "../StepFeed";
+import { LiveRun } from "../live/LiveRun";
+import { previewJob } from "../../__fixtures__/reviews";
 import { RunNowDialog } from "./RunNowDialog";
 import { useState } from "react";
 import { InvestigationSummary } from "./InvestigationSummary";
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ export function InvestigationDetail({
     historyOffset,
     setHistoryOffset,
   } = results;
+  // TODO: drop the previewJob fallback together with __fixtures__/reviews.ts once real reviews flow everywhere
+  const shown = active ?? lens.jobs.find((j) => j.reviews.length > 0) ?? previewJob(lens);
   return (
     <div>
       <section className="min-w-0 space-y-5">
@@ -96,20 +98,11 @@ export function InvestigationDetail({
           )}
         </div>
         <InvestigationSummary lens={lens} connected={connected} />
-        {active && (
-          <InvestigationProgress
-            key={active.id}
-            job={active}
-            onCancel={
-              readOnly
-                ? undefined
-                : () => {
-                    void update((api) => api.cancelRun(lens.id));
-                  }
-            }
-          />
-        )}
-        {active && <StepFeed job={active} />}
+        <LiveRun
+          key={shown.id}
+          job={shown}
+          onCancel={readOnly || !active ? undefined : () => void update((api) => api.cancelRun(lens.id))}
+        />
         {runNow && (
           <RunNowDialog
             lens={lens}